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VoteStream: Turning Elections Data into Open Data
Author(s) -
Dubberly Hugh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
design management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1557-0614
DOI - 10.1111/drev.10280
Subject(s) - democracy , trustworthiness , open data , set (abstract data type) , open source , data driven , data set , data science , public relations , computer science , business , political science , engineering , computer security , world wide web , database , law , software , artificial intelligence , politics , programming language
US elections technology—the infrastructure on which democracy depends—is proprietary, locking up public data. Unlocking that data is a design challenge on many levels. The TrustTheVote project—developing a set of US elections technologies that are trustworthy, up to date, and complete, and making those technologies available on an open‐source basis—is a classic example of social innovation for the greater good.
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